Murder Can Hurt You
6.8 /10 1 Votes
Director Roger Duchowny First episode date May 21, 1980 Duration Country United States | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Writer Ron Friedman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cast Victor Buono (Chief Ironbottom), Tony Danza (Pony Lambretta), Jamie Farr (Studsky), John Byner (Len 'Hatch' Hatchington), Gavin MacLeod (Lt. Nojack), Buck Owens (Sheriff Tim MacSkye)Release date May 21, 1980 Network American Broadcasting Company Similar movies Murder by Death (1976), Plump Fiction (1996), The Bogus Witch Project (2000), American Raspberry (1977), Dark and Stormy Night (2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murder Can Hurt You (also stylized as Murder Can Hurt You!) is a 1980 ABC television movie that parodies detective and police TV shows of the 1960s and 1970s, much as Murder by Death spoofed literary detectives. The film was directed by Roger Duchowny.
Plot
A mysterious "Man in White" is out to kill famous detectives in bizarre ways, and the heroes are obvious parodies of Kojak, Baretta, Starsky and Hutch, Ironside, Police Woman, Columbo, Mrs. Columbo, and McCloud.
The movie starts with the Man In White killing Lambretta, after which Lt. Nojack calls a meeting of all the best detectives in the city. During this meeting the man in white threatens to kill them all, locks them in their meeting room, and sets a bomb to kill them all while he makes his escape.
The Aaron Spelling Productions logo at the end pays homage to Mark VII Limited, using a hammer and stamp.
References
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